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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

SLUG Point Table - ClickSports stars from 14 universities will take
part in the 11th Sri Lanka University Games(SLUG) which will be worked off from
May 2 to May 12 at University of Moratuwa Grounds, Sugathadasa Stadium, Mahinda
Rajapaksa Stadium Diyagama, Havelock Sports Club, CR and FC and Torrington
Grounds Colombo.

The University of Moratuwa will have the rare
honour of hosting this event after 18 years having last done so in 1995.

Around 5,200 sportsmen and women from 14
universities will take part in 22 sports.

Cricket will be worked off from end of April
at University of Moratuwa which will also host Men's Baseball on May 6 and 7.
Men's and Women's Badminton from May 5 to 7 , Men's and Women's Chess from May
10 to 12, Karate on May 8 and 9, Men's and Women's Table Tennis from May 9 and
10. Weightlifting on May 3, Wrestling on May 7 and the men's road race on May
4.

Sugathadasa Stadium will be the venue for
Men's and Women's Basketball from May 3 to 5. Football will be worked off at
the Torrington Grounds from May 3 to 5 while the hockey will be played at
Police Park on May 8 and 9.

The Netball tourney will be worked off at
NYSC Maharagama on May 6 and 7. The rugby tourney will be at CR and FC and
Havelock Park on May 3.The swimming meet will be conducted on May 7 at
University of Sri Jayawardenapura, The Track and field competition will be on
May 11 and 12 at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium Diyagama, while the Tennis was
completed at SLTA Courts from April 5 to 8.

The volleyball tournament will be staged at
NYSC from May 5 to 8. The University of Moratuwa will also host the Taekwondo
tournament on May 10 and 11.

SLUSA President Prof Sohan Wijesekara
mentioned that this will be an opportunity to unearth talented sportsmen and
sportswomen from universities who will go on to represent the country.

He said a 68 member contingent will represent
Sri Lanka Universities at the World University Games in Moscow, next year.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be the chief
guest at the opening ceremony at the University of Moratuwa on May 2 while
Minister of Higher Education S.B.Dissanayake will be the chief guest at the
closing ceremony on May 12 at 4.00 pm at the same venue.Extract From Daily News Online

An incident of a boyfriend making her
girlfriend drink poison and committing suicide by injecting himself with a
poisonous inoculation was reported yesterday.

A Moratuwa University female student and a
Ragama Medical Faculty male student have thus died.

The female student, a resident of Maarassana
in Kandy following the computer technology course at the Moratuwa University
had consumed a handful of tablets for committing suicide at her home on 22nd
instant over her boyfriend having relations with another girl.

Falling ill due to this the Moratuwa
university student was admitted to the Kandy General hospital. It is said that
subsequently after receiving treatment she was waiting at the hospital
intending to go home.

Her parents had got late to come to the
hospital to take her home.

Initial police investigations have revealed
that during this time her boyfriend had thus made her drink a packet of milk
contaminated with poison.

On this occasion the university student had
fallen ill again and due to this she was admitted to the hospital’s intensive
care unit.

However in a few minutes after admission to
the ICU she had died.

Extract From HiruFm...............................................................................................................................A student of the Ragama medical faculty was
found dead in Kurunegala while police suspect that the student had taken some
sort of injection which had caused the death.

The student along with his lover was found
unconscious in a vehicle in Kandy a few days ago after they had consumed
narcotic pills. The two were then hospitalized following the incident.

After the student had been released from
hospital he had gone to the Peradeniya hospital to meet with his lover, a
student at the Moratuwa Technical Institute, who was still receiving treatment.

The male student had allegedly given her
something to drink which had later caused her death. Police stated that he had
fled the hospital before he could be caught.

He was later found dead in Kurunegala. Extract From : Online Adaderana

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

University teachers
have planned to resume their agitation and bring all their members to Colombo
on May 01 for a fresh protest.

President of the
Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) Dr. Nirmal Ranjith
Dewasiri told The Island that they would launch FUTA’s ‘manifesto’ on the
present crisis in the education sector on the International Labour Day, May 01.

He said that the FUTA
had planned to distribute the copies of the manifesto at all May Day rallies in
Colombo and the suburbs.

"Our main
objective is to ensure the allocation of six per cent of the GDP for the
education sector," Dr. Dewasiri said, adding that they would hold a
vehicle parade, too, on May 01.

The senior academic
said that the FUTA had temporarily suspended its 100-day strike last year on
the government’s assurance that its demands would be met step by step, but the
situation in the education sector had gone from bad to worse during the past
six months.

Dr. Dewasiri said
that the government was encouraging private universities while cutting down on
funds for state universities.

"We expect to
educate the people, who will gather at May Day rallies, on the present
education crisis," he said. Exteact From Online Island

Stern action will be taken against
those who are involving in ragging incidents. Higher Education Ministry
Secretary said that Ministry has received information about several ragging
incidents and stern action will be taken those who involved.

It is reported that new
batch of Rajarata University Medical faculty have to face ragging from seniors.
“If those who are behind this will be expelled from university” he said.

However the Sri Lankan
Higher Education Minister has guaranteed to wipe out ragging from universities
this year but still it is prevailing secretly within the university system.

Earlier,Sri Lankan
Higher Education Minister S.B.Dissanayake said that authorities would not
hesitate to take tough action against raggers including possible expulsion of
students found guilty of ragging in order to protect new entrants.It has been identified that only 4 universities are
continuing ragging. Hence special attention has put on these universities At
present the ragging has been reduced in most universities but the Ministry has
received information that in certain universities the ragging is still being
carried out secretly.

Ragging is a verbal,
physical or psychological abuse on newcomers to university or any educational
institutions. According to the wikipedia ,Sri Lanka is said to be its worst
affected country in the world.